Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2025, 07:40 PM
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Khanjar in unlikely plain silver mounts
The mounts are good solid silver with some rubbed hallmarks of European appearance - hopefully someone here will recognize them. I have the sense that this was mounted for "concealed carry." The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2025, 03:00 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,017
I think your hypothesis is correct; modern...
I think your hypothesis is correct; modern tooling allows repetitive precision that cannot be achieved with simpler tools. For me, much of the allure and my excitement about the antiques is the...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th September 2025, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 23,921
I wonder if some features seemed possibly...
I wonder if some features seemed possibly asynchronous to the cataloger at the time, then logic was to better call it composite to be on the safe side if someone later had doubts. When and if it...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th September 2025, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 23,921
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st August 2025, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 27,943
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th August 2025, 04:27 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 14,918
The Leeds relocation was fairly recent when I...
The Leeds relocation was fairly recent when I wrote that. I was given to believe by my informants that the political impetus for the move was to 'share' tourist attractors across the country to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th August 2025, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 14,918
My rather dated "review" from over 25 years ago
A bit "cheeky" of a review in retrospect, but I repeatedly made the trip from London or York on several occasions when I was in Britain and I never ran out of things to see there. Unfortunately, my...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th August 2025, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 49,157
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th August 2025, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 57,548
Another of these
Another of these mystery axes, courtesy of TVV's Askeri Museum tour thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=299157&postcount=32. The labeling attributes it as "Ceremonial Battle-Axe,...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th August 2025, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,972
Reventlov - most interesting, illuminating and...
Reventlov - most interesting, illuminating and compelling arguments that make good sense to me. Thank you!
Entirely peripheral to this discussion, I especially enjoyed the small beast on the ring...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th August 2025, 10:14 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,972
Which is the inferior knock-off?
Alan Williams hypothesized that the ULFBERH+T swords may have been made from Asian crucible steel on the basis of high carbon content and microstructure. The popular press then ran with a corruption...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th July 2025, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 27
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Follow-up
If I recall correctly after a quarter of a century, my informant on the nomenclature for the variations of Tuareg swords and spears (#19 above) is the same antiques dealer featured in a recent Al...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th July 2025, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 23,921
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2025, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,869
To state the obvious, just in case it isn't:
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To state the obvious, just in case it isn't:
Persian blades marked with the cartouches of those celebrated smiths are commonly also found in Mughal Indian and Ottoman mounts.
There is about a...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th June 2025, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 37,735
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd June 2025, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 37,735
Ed, I enjoyed reading your paper on fakes and...
Ed, I enjoyed reading your paper on fakes and find it potentially very useful reading for all stages of a collecting life.
I myself cannot always resolve authenticity even with an object in hand;...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th May 2025, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 100
Views: 132,953
Please see...
Please see http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13631
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2025, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 49,975
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2025, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 32,601
I expect that it is Japanese and does have some...
I expect that it is Japanese and does have some age. I recommend the Nihonto Message Board (https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/) for assistance. The first thing they will tell you is that it has serious...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd April 2025, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 36,713
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Forum: European Armoury
17th April 2025, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 13,451
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2025, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 4,838
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Forum: European Armoury
11th April 2025, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 75,589
Thread closed
I think that the time has come that moderatorial duty requires that I close this thread.
Obviously, the more knowledge an aspiring collector has about their chosen field, the better. The more...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th April 2025, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 75,589
I suspect, from the lack of member responses,...
I suspect, from the lack of member responses, that your fears may be correct. I am not experienced at all with swords from this region, so consider my comments with great caution. The steel blade...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd March 2025, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 36,424
Please do NOT quote large blocks of text.
Please do NOT quote large blocks of text. This serves no valid purpose, renders the database unwieldy and inflates the cost of operating this project.
If you highlight the relevant section before...
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